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SPRIA6 BREAK 01 £435 TRIPS INCLUDE FREE Meals VIP Express Entry RT Air 7 nights hotel Discounts at shops “Come travel with the quality company” Mazatlan flight via Alaska Airlines direct service www.sunbreaks.com 888-777-4642 W'-eV* kzrz forvou ai ike (/MVtrSiiy Of Orta* Europe ok a budget Wonsttss Travel Safety Semmar January 2.5 M E/HU Fitr Room Come in or tall ciiKcr o£ our Eugene lodaiions Council CIEE: Council on International Educational Exchange University of Oregon In the EMU Building Eugene 877 1/2 East 13th Street Eugene (541)344-2263 6S6ZOO little Caesars MEDIUM PEPPERONI SE PIZZA 1711 Willamette (next to Blockbuster) 343-3330 Recycle • Recycle • Recycle • Recycle Disaster strikes El Salvador By Niko Price The Associated Press SANTA TECLA, El Salvador — With the ground settling and time passing, rescuers said Monday that the chance of finding survivors from an earthquake that killed more than 400 people is slipping — though one man was freed after using his cell phone to call for help. Hundreds of people remained buried beneath a mountain of rock and earth in the Las Colinas neigh borhood here, some three miles west of the capital. Residents complained that the government allowed landowners over the years to clear trees from the hillside, alleging that the lack of ground cover could leave those be low vulnerable to landslides. Saturday’s magnitude-7.6 quake loosened that hillside, burying the middle-class neighborhood at its base and bringing down some of the mansions above. Although the largest number of deaths appeared to be in Las Coli nas, the quake caused landslides across El Salvador, burying coffee workers and blocking roads. Num bers from official sources varied wildly. The national emergency commit tee said at least 403 people were confirmed dead. But the emergency committee for the Santa Tecla re gion said 436 were dead here alone. The local committee said 366 re mained missing — hundreds less than the figure given Saturday by the Red Cross. Six other people were killed in neighboring Guatemala, and three more were feared dead. With nearly 5,000 houses de stroyed and tens of thousands more damaged in El Salvador, many peo ple were living with relatives or in shelters. Others who still had homes lacked basic services. Water service was cut to as many as half of the country’s 6 million people, the Pan American Health Organization said. The World Food Program began distributing food to 13,000 people and had enough to last two weeks. Officials planned to seek more dona tions. Aftershocks continued to rock the country on Monday, frightening res idents and knocking more debris onto highways. Many towns were reachable only by helicopter, and little was known about damage or deaths in isolated communities. In Las Colinas, the city, environ mentalists and residents had sued landowners and construction com panies to stop the deforestation of the hillside. A judge had ruled against them, and angry residents on Monday argued that the result ing development had caused hun dreds of deaths. “What good does money do us if we are subjecting our children to something like this?” asked Santa Tecla Mayor Oscar Ortiz. After two days of rescue efforts, officials pulled Sergio Moreno from beneath a pile of cinder blocks and earth late Sunday, raising hopes that more may be found alive. But kid ney and heart failure left Moreno fighting for his life on Monday. While buried, Moreno had used his cell phone to call for help. After 31 hours waiting to be freed, he be gan to lose faith. At one point, an guished, he told rescuers: “You stayed here to watch me die. ” Army Maj. Jose Miranda said there was little chance more sur vivors would be found, adding that the majority of those under the rub ble who weren’t killed instantly likely had already suffocated. “Nonetheless, at 4 a.m. they pulled out a body that still had warm blood on it, so anything is possible,” he said. Kathia Machaca has lost all hope that her parents and two oldest daughters will be found alive. Res cuers found the body of one of her children, 5-year-old Kathia. But she has no information on the others. Pulling a child’s sock from the mud, she said: “I’m finding every thing from the house except the most important things.” She has stayed at the spot where her parents’ house used to be since the quake, and she vowed not to leave. “I won’t move from here until they find the bodies,” she said, weeping. Her daughter, who had been rid ing her bicycle when the earthquake struck, was found hugging a boy. “Maybe she was afraid,” Machaca said. She was afraid to see her hus band, an electrician in Los Angeles who was scheduled to arrive on Monday. “I don’t know what I’ll tell him,” she said. “This is hard.” Her brother, Oscar, 25, also lived at the house, but had been at work as a chauffeur when the quake struck. “I ran home after the quake be cause I thought my mother would be worried about me, but ... ” he said, pausing with tears running down his cheeks. “I felt like I was dying. ” Labor continued from page 1 unidentified college student was questioned by police who believe the student incited the protest, but Schmaedick did not know if the stu dent attended the University. She said USAS is mainly sup porting the protesters’ demand that a Nike observer travel to Atlixco to see firsthand what the situation is there. “I think Nike would find even their own code of conduct is violat ed,” she said, adding that the Uni versity’s licensing code of conduct has also likely been violated. Schmaedick said about 800 work ers went on strike Jan. 8 after a group of employees was fired when they demanded management pay their Christmas bonuses. She said a rally by protesters was then broken up by police on Friday night. A statement released by Nike spokesman Vada Manager acknowl edged there is a labor dispute at the Kukdong factory that is centered on a “dispute over catering/food con tract.” Manager stated that Nike will continue to monitor the situation through a member of its “compli ance team” and through its contacts in other labor-monitoring groups. “Nike will lend its assistance through contacts with management, mediators and other parties to help to bring this matter to a peaceful res olution,” Manager stated. Matt Dyste, University director of trademark licensing, said the facto ry produces clothing for several uni versities, including the University of Oregon. Dyste said the University is wait ing for a report from Nike observers before it will make any official com ment on the situation. He added that the University understands the dispute to be over personnel issues, but does not know any details about what is happening at the factory. “We hate to comment until we have more information,” he said. Scott Nova, the newly hired exec utive director for the WRC, said the organization is aware of what is go ing on in the dispute through its contacts in other anti-sweatshop or ganizations. Nova would not comment on the details of the dispute, but said the WRC viewed what is happening in Mexico as “a very serious situa tion.” “WRC has received allegations of serious problems,” he said. Nova joined the WRC in early De cember. Prior to joining the WRC, Nova served as executive director of the Preamble Center, a Washington, D.C.-based research and public pol icy organization. Oregon Daily Emerald P.O. 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